Do you believe abortion is okay in some cases but not others?

Question

If so, please define for me why some "babies" are entitled to live and others are not. If your concern truly is for the "child," then please tell me how it's okay for a woman to abort her pregnancy under some circumstances but not others. Is it not still a child?

I still haven't heard why babies of rape victims are less worthy of life than other babies.

The argument I keep hearing from conservatives is that abortion is wrong because it's murder. Is it not murder if the child was conceived of rape?

Further... if you think abortion is a selfish solution to an unwanted pregnancy, then why is it okay for the mother to consider herself first if her life is threatened by the birth, or if she was raped?

I'm trying to understand this crazy line of thought, but you all refuse to answer these questions.

DiamondDave: Who ever said anything about forcing women to have abortions? Seriously. WHO is proposing this????

NONE OF YOU HAVE ANSWERED THE QUESTION! NOT ONE!

Why is it murder when a child is born of consensual sex and not murder when a child is born of rape?

Can NO ONE answer this question????

Answer 1

It is something I don't "think" I personally could do. Yet it is not my job to judge others. For instance, rape, or incest victims have to live live with their decisions. Also, as a mother, if a pregnancy were threatening to take me away from my existing children (I am really the only parent they have), could my conscience allow me to leave them motherless - wards of the state? You never know what your heart will dictate unless you are personally faced with that decision.

Answer 2

If is to save the life of a mother, yes. When the life of the mother is threatened, even with all the technology available 9 times out of 10, the mother dies, and the child dies. The death in childbirth rate is 1.5% as of stats in 2001. If it is in the case of rape yes. It is hard to know who many children are born as a result of rape because 4 out 10 rapes go unreported so the figures on births as a result are underestimated. I have also seen the effects of a child born from rape and how that child was treated. She had been the spitting image of her mother's rapist. Even though it was not her fault, she was a living everyday reminder of the trauma. The child was treated lower than dog poop. If it is due to birth control failure, yes that was why they took the precaution, this hold true for married couples, not just the "hook ups". They were not expecting failure. If it is for women in abusive marriages, yes. I seen enough women get their butts kicked and the pregnancy terminated due to severe abuse because they became pregnant in the first place.
If it is just for the hell of it, no.
I have listened to morons like the former senator Rick Santorum say no abortions should take place even in the case of rape, yet he was the first one to talk about the number of children in foster care. You want there to be no abortions, well if a woman is forced to have a child she does not want, and she gives birth, all those anti abortion protestors should step up to the plate and adopt everyone of them.

Answer 3

It is still a child..


The ONLY times that abortion should be an option, IMHO, are in cases where the child or the mother has a great chance of dying, rape, or incest. With the physical danger, I think the danger is self-evident. IN the case of incest, there is a significant chance of birth defects now or in future generations. In cases of rape, many times the woman will have severe postpartum depression and the mental health of the mother could be severely hindered, which could possibly lead to being a danger to the child.

But in ALL of these cases it should only be an option, not forced on the mother. But IMHO these should be the ONLY options.

Answer 4

I agree.

I think if the baby will be born with defects and that it would have no chance of living, yes.

With modern medicine, the mother's life is hardly ever in danger.

A baby that is the result of rape has as much right to live as any other; it's not as if the baby has done something wrong here.

What is wrong with adoption? At least with adoption, there will not be any guilt and emotional problems that often happen following an abortion.

Answer 5

Loaded question. As usual, anyone who tries to come to a compromise is called out for "not making a stand". The answer isn't clear cut. There are reasons that I believe could warrant an abortion, however, that doesn't cover the 1.4 million being performed each year. Who has the right to choose if the mother is going to die which answer is correct? At the same time, how many times does that actually happen compared to the yearly rate? Not all answers are black and white. Abortion shouldn't be used for birth control, which I will make a guess is the majority.

Answer 6

I think it is ok in some instances, like if there is a risk to the mother's life. Or if someone was raped. But these "individuals" that just accidentally get pregnant and then have an abortion should be at the very least fined. If there was some penalty for having an abortion without a valid reason I bet we would see a decline in the amount.

Answer 7

Okay, one last time. My belief is abortion is okay only in the case of rape, incest and only during the first trimester. The only other exception is in the case of the mothers life being at stake. These are the only reasons I believe abortion should be done. Abortion should not be used as a method of birth control. Hope this clears up at least my position.

Answer 8

Babies as the result of rape is less than 1% of all pregnancies. The percentage for pregnancy from incest is about the same.
MOST abortions are "BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THIS."
China is going to have a problem because they abort females. So when all the boys get to their senior year, they'll be going to the prom with and getting laid after wards by other boys!

Answer 9

OK, lets try to explain this veeerryyyy slooowwwlllyy so even you can get this. you cannot throw away a baby because you were too damn lazy to use a condom, however if it was rape, you don't have much of a choice, do you? besides, my belief is you should carry the baby to term, then you can give it up for adoption. when the mother's life is in danger, we make the decision to terminate the pregnancy, because the baby is existing because of the mother.. now, before you say that if the baby is existing because of the mother, why isn't it her choice to kill the child, it is because in this case, it is a matte of life or death, not that your killing the baby because if you don't, you'll have to wear a maternity dress to prom. it is not the same thing. you will probably say that i haven't answered your question, even though i have, but its obvious you don't won't answers, only agreement. i, for one, am sick of your hypocritical.

Answer 10

I hate the thought of abortion. But then again ...

1. Women who are raped or victims of incest should not have to be forever reminded of it by a child they were not ready for.
2. A fetus in its earliest stages of development is not a "person" in the sense of having thoughts, feelings, or arguably a capacity to feel pain.
3. It is probably crueler to bring a child who is severely mentally or physically handicapped, with no chance of a healthy life, to term than it is to mercifully end their life before it begins.

Honestly, it hurts to type this because of the amount of tragedy involved in each situation. You just can't play the morally absolute card on this one, I don't care who you are.